Dakar FM: CorpsAfrica Sénégal sur Dakar FM pour parler d’Environnement dans les communautés
Ndawa Thioune, Volunteer of Cohort 3, shared her community experience in terms of preserving and enhancing the environment through the fish farm in Lake Taouey in Ndombo Sandjiry. CorpsAfrica/Senegal Deputy Director Mareme Ndour speaks about CorpsAfrica.
RTS-1: CorpsAfrica/Sénégal sur la RTS, édition du Mercredi 13 Mai 2020
Press coverage featuring CorpsAfrica/Senegal and the Ministry of Youth’s National Civic Service at their presentation ceremony of the COVID-19 prevention kits produced by Volunteers for vulnerable communities in the Dakar region.
The New Times: The Youth on Fighting COVID-19, Empowering Vulnerable Families
By Michel Nkurunziza “A group of young volunteers is seeking to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and malnutrition in districts where people living below the poverty line, faced with a high malnutrition rate, reside. Following guidance from the Ministry of Local Government, the volunteers were deployed in Ngororero, Rutsiro, Kayonza and Bugesera districts and some cells […]
Morocco on the Move: CorpsAfrica – From a Vision to Reality – Jean R. AbiNader
Written by Jean R. AbiNader “Liz Fanning is more than a dreamer; she is a visionary who has made her dream, CorpsAfrica, a reality, overcoming multiple obstacles and demonstrating that Africans can work across tribal and ethnic identities to build their communities. Her background is well-known. She notes that, “When I was a Peace Corps […]
NPCA WorldView: A Corps of Their Own – An RPCV Brings Public Service to Africans in Africa
By Liz Fanning “…When young Africans in Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, and Rwanda ask if they can serve like Peace Corps Volunteers, we can now answer, “Yes.” We started CorpsAfrica in Morocco in 2013 with seven volunteers and we now have almost 200 alumni in four countries and 75 more about to start their service. When […]
WUSA 9: CorpsAfrica Founder Talks About CorpsAfrica on the Morning Show
When Liz Fanning volunteered for the Peace Corps, she was motivated to create a second Peace Corps specifically for Africans. Now as the founder and executive director of CorpsAfrica, she talks about its establishment, built on the Peace Corps model to give young Africans the opportunity to be part of the solution for Africa.
Business Ghana: CorpsAfrica and NBA to Inaugurate New Basketball Court at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi
Business Ghana | CorpsAfrica proudly announces that in collaboration with the NBA and OCP Group, it will inaugurate a CorpsAfrica Volunteer-facilitated basketball court at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp on Friday, June 28th. The court will serve as a space for ongoing sports programs promoting dignity, social inclusion, and overall well-being for youth in this protracted […]
Voice of Africa: CorpsAfrica’s Founder and Volunteer are Interviewed on “Up Front” with Jackson Mvunganyi
“On this fresh, fast-paced show, co-hosts Jackson Mvunganyi, in the U.S., and Nadia Samie, in Africa, talk to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives [30 minutes]…”
Philanthropy.com: CorpsAfrica Takes on Small Projects with Big Impact
By Ariella Phillips “As a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the mid-1990s, Liz Fanning was repeatedly asked by locals how they could serve their country. “That question changed my life, but I didn’t know it at the time,” Fanning says. Those Peace Corps experiences eventually led Fanning to start CorpsAfrica in 2011, which allows Africans to […]
Voice of Africa: CorpsAfrica’s Founder Interviewed on “Health Chat” with Linord Moudou
“Health Chat is a live call-in program that addresses health issues of interest to Africa. The show includes a weekly feature spot, health news and comments from listeners on health issues. The program is hosted by veteran health reporter Linord Moudou…”